Story+2009-07-08+Herning,+Denmark

“Alright…Herning! (crowd cheers) oh (chuckles)(says “We’re glad to be here in Herning tonight” in Danish) (crowd cheers) that is very hard (chuckles) oh…good evening, everybody, on this beautiful evening (crowd cheers) oh yeah…the E Street Band (crowd cheers) has come thousands of miles tonight…to fulfil our solemn vow to rock the house! (crowd cheers) that’s right…but we didn’t come all this way just to rock the house, we came thousands of miles because we wanna build a house right here on this field in Herning tonight (crowd cheers) we wanna take some of the fear that’s out there and build a house of love (crowd cheers) take some of the despair and build a house of hope (crowd cheers) take some of the doubt and build a house of faith (crowd cheers) take some of the sadness and build a house of joy (crowd cheers) and we wanna build us a house of sexual healing! (crowd cheers) that’s a big job, dammit! (chuckles) that’s right…and we’ve got all the tools we need right here on stage and in this field tonight…we use the bad wood, we use the good wood, we use the bad news, we use the good news that’s here and we’re gonna build a house out of music and out of spirit and out of noise…and now the mighty E Street Band is here and we’re gonna bring down the power of the music on you (crowd cheers) but Herning, we need you to bring the noise! (crowd cheers) come on! (crowd cheers) come on! (crowd cheers) come on! (crowd cheers) come on, bring it up! (crowd cheers) now sing it like you mean it…”
 * 08.07.09 Herning, Denmark, intro to “Working on a Dream”**

“A little obscure…”
 * 08.07.09 Herning, Denmark, intro to “Rendezvous”**

“(?) what key, Nils?...”G”?...”
 * 08.07.09 Herning, Denmark, intro to “Mony Mony”**

“(crowd cheers) Somebody made an expensive sign in this sign…”
 * 08.07.09 Herning, Denmark, intro to “I’m on Fire”**

“For the little guy that handed me this sign – this is very well made sign, this is, uh, a lot of time went into this sign…” [According to Backstreets, the sign for this song was “a very large one from a young kid, beautifully made, every letter painted with lots of colors.”]
 * 08.07.09 Herning, Denmark, intro to “Surprise, Surprise”**

“Yes, yes, yes (crowd cheers) alright, thank you…thank you, Herning…yes, vi älskar er (crowd cheers) thank you…at home very hard times…millions of people out-of-work, lost their jobs…this was written in 1855 by Stephen Foster, it’s called “Hard times come again no more”…”
 * 08.07.09 Herning, Denmark, intro to “Hard Times”**

“Thank you for coming out to the show tonight (crowd cheers)… (…) The magnificent Little Steven (crowd cheers) Curtis King (crowd cheers) thunder from down under, Garry Tallent (crowd cheers) Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) Mighty Max Weinberg on the drums (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) the incredible Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) and the biggest man you’ve ever seen: Clarence “Big Man” Clemons (crowd cheers) Herning! (crowd cheers) Herning! (crowd cheers) Herning! (crowd cheers) Herning! (crowd cheers) Herning! (crowd cheers) Herning! (crowd cheers) Herning! (crowd cheers) Herning! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, hard-rocking, earth-shocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary (crowd: “E Street Band”)(crowd cheers)...”
 * 08.07.09 Herning, Denmark, intro to “American Land”**

“Stevie…oh, Stevie…Steven…(with a very high voice:) Little Steven …Little Steven…help me out, Steve, that’s right, Brother…”
 * 08.07.09 Herning, Denmark, intro to “Rosalita”**

//Compiled by Johanna Pirttijärvi//